diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8921996..64ae5ee 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ find_package(Wayland REQUIRED COMPONENTS Client)
 find_package(PlasmaWaylandProtocols REQUIRED)
 find_package(LayerShellQt REQUIRED)
 find_package(KPipeWire)
-find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED core imgproc)
 
 set_package_properties(KPipeWire PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION
     "Used to record pipewire streams into a file"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 66fda75..2565192 100755
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ ki18n_wrap_ui(spectacle
     Gui/SettingsDialog/VideoSaveOptions.ui
 )
 
-# Needed to compile with OpenCV
-target_compile_options (spectacle PRIVATE -fexceptions)
-
-target_include_directories(spectacle PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src ${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
 target_link_libraries(spectacle PRIVATE
     Qt::Concurrent
     Qt::DBus
@@ -121,7 +116,6 @@ target_link_libraries(spectacle PRIVATE
     K::KPipeWireRecord
     Wayland::Client
     LayerShellQt::Interface
-    ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 set_source_files_properties(Gui/QmlUtils.qml PROPERTIES
diff --git a/src/QtCV.h b/src/QtCV.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 2b87599..0000000
--- a/src/QtCV.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Noah Davis <noahadvs@gmail.com>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QImage>
-#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>
-
-/**
- * Convenience functions for using OpenCV with Qt APIs.
- */
-namespace QtCV
-{
-static constexpr int INVALID_MAT_TYPE = -1;
-static_assert(CV_8U == 0);
-static_assert(std::same_as<decltype(CV_8U), int>);
-
-inline constexpr int matType(QPixelFormat::TypeInterpretation typeInterpretation)
-{
-    switch (typeInterpretation) {
-    case QPixelFormat::UnsignedByte:
-        return CV_8U;
-    case QPixelFormat::UnsignedShort:
-        return CV_16U;
-    case QPixelFormat::FloatingPoint:
-        return CV_32F;
-    default:
-        return INVALID_MAT_TYPE;
-    }
-}
-
-inline constexpr int matType(QPixelFormat pixelFormat)
-{
-    const auto baseType = matType(pixelFormat.typeInterpretation());
-    if (baseType == INVALID_MAT_TYPE) {
-        return INVALID_MAT_TYPE;
-    }
-    return CV_MAKETYPE(baseType, pixelFormat.channelCount());
-}
-
-// Get a cv::Mat that reuses the data of a QImage.
-// Use cv::Mat::clone() if the owner of the data might be destroyed before you're done using it.
-// Expects an image with the right format. If the image has an ARGB32 format (premultiplied or not),
-// it needs to be converted to BGRA. RGBX8888 and RGBA8888 formats shouldn't need to be converted.
-inline cv::Mat qImageToMat(QImage &image)
-{
-    const auto type = matType(image.pixelFormat());
-    if (type == INVALID_MAT_TYPE) {
-        return {};
-    }
-    // Use the constructor with cv::Size as the first arg to avoid type ambiguity in the args.
-    return cv::Mat(cv::Size{image.width(), image.height()}, type, image.bits(), image.bytesPerLine());
-}
-
-// Same as qImageToMat, but with cv::Ptr (subclass of std::shared_ptr).
-inline cv::Ptr<cv::Mat> qImageToMatPtr(QImage &image)
-{
-    const auto type = matType(image.pixelFormat());
-    if (type == INVALID_MAT_TYPE) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    return cv::makePtr<cv::Mat>(cv::Size{image.width(), image.height()}, type, image.bits(), image.bytesPerLine());
-}
-
-// For use with filters that require odd kernel dimensions.
-template<typename Number>
-inline auto sigmaToKSize(Number value)
-{
-    return cvRound(value + 1) | 1;
-}
-
-// Stack blur looks like Gaussian blur, but doesn't become as slow with larger kernel sizes.
-// Stack blur is unavailable in OpenCV versions before 4.7.
-// We need this because of the FreeBSD 14 CI pipeline. FreeBSD 14 is only on OpenCV 4.6.
-inline void stackOrGaussianBlurCompatibility(cv::InputArray &in, cv::OutputArray &out, cv::Size ksize, double sigmaX, double sigmaY = 0, [[maybe_unused]] int borderType = cv::BORDER_DEFAULT)
-{
-#if CV_MAJOR_VERSION > 4 || (CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 4 && CV_MINOR_VERSION >= 7)
-    // Replicate the behavior of cv::GaussianBlur with automatic kernel size.
-    const auto gaussianKSizeFactor = (in.depth() == CV_8U ? 3 : 4) * 2;
-    if( ksize.width <= 0 && sigmaX > 0 ) {
-        ksize.width = sigmaToKSize(sigmaX * gaussianKSizeFactor);
-    }
-    if( ksize.height <= 0 && sigmaY > 0 ) {
-        ksize.height = sigmaToKSize(sigmaY * gaussianKSizeFactor);
-    }
-    cv::stackBlur(in, out, ksize);
-#else
-    cv::GaussianBlur(in, out, ksize, sigmaX, sigmaY, borderType);
-#endif
-}
-}
-
-
-